She has time between now and then to try to overcome these issues. In my experience (S’s as well) grad school is a whole new ball game from undergrad in terms of work, etc.
Personally, I had much more anxiety during my undergraduate years. Undergrad I always felt I had to be perfect. Looking back I don’t really know why, but it was an intuitive thing for me. Graduate school seemed like a different beast altogether. I felt like the work was more time consuming but I had a grasp on the basic routine of college life, more confidence in my abilities and was more focused on my work and not an undergrad social life. A’s came much easier actually. I know my story is only anecdotal but I thought I’d share. My graduate classes grades were also almost 100% based on my writing, very few tests. Testing caused my anxiety to skyrocket although I would end up doing well. So the structure of her course work may come into play. I think your daughter will be fine with B’s but I don’t think she should set that up as expectation— just understand it’s completely acceptable. I wasn’t diagnosed with anxiety until after grad school. Your daughter is ahead of things which is great. I wish I would have gotten help sooner. My anxiety was exhausting until controlled. As to the question about how your daughter would deal with the stresses of the job, I don’t know if your daughter is like me but my anxiety was internalized and nobody really knew I had it but me. I volunteered as an emt and saw some very sick and injured individuals and some who died. I was given high praise for being able to handle “stressful”situations and remain calm. My anxiety was totally different and manifested itself differently. Helping others and dealing with their grief may actually be something that your daughter is good at that doesn’t make her anxiety worse. After many years it’s still hard to explain. My anxiety was (and still is somewhat to this day) centered around me and helping others even in hard situations actually alleviated some of it if only for a little while. My focus changed I guess and there was no time for second guessing.
It was my impression that C’s were like failing and B’s were sort of okay.
During my career, I hired at least a dozen faculty, and participated in the process for at least three times that many. We were hiring PhD’s (some of whom were “ABD” when we interviewed them). We never looked at grades, b/c we didn’t need a transcript to interview them (but we would need one, as well as proof of degree, when the appointment papers were being prepared for someone to whom we had offered a position). But we never hired anybody who “just got by” in their program. We were looking for the best candidates from the best universities. Best was not defined by GPA but rather by demonstrated research aptitude and achievements (papers and publications) as well as recommendations from credible faculty in the student’s field.
I don’t remember my GPA in graduate school. But I do know that it had to be high enough (3.75+) for me to qualify for internal scholarships and teaching assistantships while I was enrolled in the doctoral program. The same could be true for many types of masters programs. The faculty want to weigh the student’s progress, and there’s competition for the best internal awards and special opportunities.
In my opinion, just getting by is not a good plan.